Pregnant woman almost dies after her unborn baby kicked a hole in her womb

A pregnant woman nearly died after her unborn baby kicked so hard that it tore a hole in the wall of her womb, New York Post reported.

According to the outlet, the Chinese woman, identified as Zhang, was 35 weeks pregnant when the bizarre incident occurred.

She had been experiencing pains in her stomach but dismissed them as an upset tummy. Hours later, Zhang reportedly started to break out in a cold sweat -- and things got worse.

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She rushed to the emergency room a few hours after she first began to experience pain, where doctors said Zhang complained of extreme pain and was having problems with her blood pressure and breathing.

Suspecting her womb had ruptured, specialists performed an ultrasound on Zhang and found that the fetus' leg had "kicked through" Zhang's uterus wall and into her abdominal cavity.

Fearing Zhang's risk of internal bleeding, and the risk it posed to both her and her unborn baby's lives, specialists chose to operate on the mother and daughter.